BGOV Hill Watch: Congress Races Toward Funding Deadlines

Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill this week to tackle the imminent fiscal 2024 government funding deadlines, negotiations on supplemental foreign aid, and major program reauthorizations.

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Congress will need to act fast to keep the government open past Jan. 19 and Feb. 2, the deadlines for when funding expires for various agencies under the latest stopgap measure (Public Law 118-22). A bipartisan, bicameral agreement on topline spending levels announced yesterday could make it easier to avert a shutdown — though the details remain to be worked out, including policy riders. For the status ...